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AMERICA nk won with a 40-hour week. But it can a lost with one. If you don’t believe it, look at France.

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THE more abundant life is

But it doesn’t work in war. We may look strong on paper, but statistics don’t win

‘wars. We've just had three

If we ever hope to get back to our usual life we've first got to reconcile ourselves to doing the unusual until i not, we'll lose it. We can’t bull br boast, plan or project our way out This is no job for faddists, theorists and

this war is won.

of this mess, the dreamy-eyed.

Millions of Anjericans must take arms.

must die.’

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FORECAST: Somewhat warmer ‘this afternoon and tonight.

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taboos. Rules.

Slow downs. ‘Walk outs. of “outs.”

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‘THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1942

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But remember that we can't win with just the bodies This war has shown that bodies aren’t If they were, MacArthur

This is a war of armaments.

) get those armaments we've got to get to work. Not just 40 hours a week. Not work restricted by a lot of Restraints.

half. Double time on Sunday. Lock outs.

Saturday off. Time-and-a-Dues-picketing holidays. Or any other kind

The 40-hour week was adopted at the depth of the

depression—for good. purpose. The problem then was to

Tells Economy. Proers.

WASHINGTON, ‘March n (U. P.). -e-Lowell Méllett, director of the of«fice of government, reports, told the| aay agency's ; would provide, space which it would cost the government more than $135,000 a year to rent. ‘Summoned by Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D. Va) to discuss why he went “over the head” of gress \ construction of the Dil Mr. Mellett read the com- _ mittee a letter to Senator hyrd explaining the project. « 1.08 OCR. chief cited Sistuctions eceived from President Roosethe setting up of an information servi “It is not intended,” Mr. Mellett explained, “to issue or d press. releases or, =

broadcast recorded .by United Press 1 with|miral Shigetaro- Shimada told the

informa transports and 19 warships in the Pacific but, that the allies had lost

Iinsome Taxpayers Happy | To Trade Bucks for Bombs

By FREMONT POWER

AN INDIANAPOLIS MAN-—an average American income tax payer, let us say—was driving his car down a highway near the city the other day, the¥internal revenue department far from his mind. | Soon he spotted a farmer practicing the art of transportation by the thumb. The driver stopped. The farmer got n

APS GLAM ALLIES LOSE 130 WARSHIPS 46 Nippon Vessels Sunk in

* Pacific, Diet Told. TOKYO, March '12.—(Japanese

the farmer broke the silence: “Why don’t you purn on the radio?” The driver did.

“HAVE YOU PAID your income tax?” the radio voice asked in the. important announcers assume. “Dbn’t forget | that the deadline is . . .” the voice blared out. “You paid YOUR tax?” asked the farmer. “No, I haven't. “Not yet.” A few more minutes of silence and the driver made a suggestion. “What'd you say we just drive back to town and pay ours?” “Okay by me,” said

at New York)—Navy Minister AdHave you?”

diet today that Japan had lost 27

And they did. Standing in line, the farmer

man ahead of him.

“Enow why I'm here?” the

They rode along and presently

the auto

struck up a conversation with the

ARMY STUDIES

USE OF STATE FAIR GROUNDS

Air Corps Makes Inquiries; Conversion Would Block 1942 Exhibit.

Governor Schricker has been asked by the U. 8S. army air corps if the state fair grounds are available for war uses. The governor said today that he would discuss the request, which he said “definitely” was not an order, with the fair board at its regular meeting tomorrow.

If the governor and the board decided to turn the grounds over

fl |to the air corps, it, of course, will

the first week of September.

Realise It May Not Be Held

The possibility that the 1942 state fair may not be held is being taken into consideration by the finance committee of the fair board which this week is negotiating amusement contracts for the fair. Cancellation clauses are to be placed in all the contracts which void the contracts in case tke fair is suspended, Governor Schricker said he understood that the air corps wanted to use the grounds for such purposes as storing military supplies which are manufactured in this area. Holl Long Coliseum Lease

In Illinois, steps are being taken

"| to turn over the fair grounds there

to the war department for use as a depot for storing supplies and for training men to ‘service damaged airplanes. . Many ‘complications would result if the Indiana fair grounds should be turned over to the air corps. For example, the Coliseum Corp. has a le on tke Coliseum which runs for several years. , It 1s not known whether the government would be receptive to the idea of continuing sports events in the Coliseum since that would allow thousands of people to enter an area devoted to military purposes. Several Inspections Made Lieut. Gov. Charles Dawson said he understood that the air corps felt that it had to have control of the entire grounds in order to effectively police and patrol it. He said there have been several inspections of the grounds made recently by air corps officials. Most of the buildings, the lieutenant governor said, are in such

TEES ARRAIGN YOUTH ON SABOTAGE. CHARGE

Hoosier Accused of Deed at + Chicagq Plant.

missioner here to ‘answer ‘charges of sabotage.

‘with’ alleged

{sabotage at the Tuthill Pump Co. in Chicago.

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Batered aa Saoundaciins Matier at Postottics Tdianapolis, Ind. Tssued dally except

To Lose

except Sunday.

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spread the work. The problem now is to get the work

done. We can’t do enough in

40 hours to beat an enemy

that works far more. And we can’t afford to pay doubletime and time-and-a-half to beat his building with slave labor. The cost all comes out of the taxpayers’ pockets

anyhow, which in the end pockets. %

means out of the workers’ - ? > pt

In between our short hours and the enemy's viciously long ones there is some decent medium. British experience fixes the maximum productive efficiency at about

56 hours. ’

But as a starter why not

which used to be considered so reasonable and desirable?

On the War

Fronts

LONDON: German naval fleet concentrates at Trondheim for attacks on Russian supply route; civilian gasoline ration abolished effective July 1, restrictions placed on civilian amusements and pro- , duction ministry revived,

BERLIN: Claim German and Italian submarines sank 823,000 tons of shipping in attacks off American coast; admit fierce defensive battles around Orel.

MELBOURNE: Australian and U. 8. planes smash at Japanese invasion fleet and ‘ground forces in New Guinea region; Japs lose 13 transports. NEW DELHI: Indians disappointed by Britain's failure to announce political concessions; await Sir Stafford Cripps with interest.

CEYLON: Order evacuation of unessential civilians from Ceylon.

CHUNGKING: Jap cruiser reported blown up in Hongkong harbor, probably by daring U. 8 submarine.

MOSCOW: Big victories claimed on Kalinin front.

PIERCE GERMAN LINE AT KALININ

Russ Kill 49,700 Nazis, Cut Road to Smolensk, Setting New Trap.

MOSCOW, March 12 (U. P.). ~The Soviet army revealed today that it had won a brilliant victory on the Kalinin front, killing 49,700 Germans, capturing 161° villages and hamlets, hundreds of guns, tanks and breaching the Reavily fortified line Generalissimo Adolf Hitler had commanded his men to hold at all costs. (Reports reaching London indicated that the Russians on the central front had cut the main road between Vyazma and Smolensk, 135 and 240 miles, respectively, southwest of Moscow, perhaps making a trap for the Germans such as their 16th army was in around Staraya Russa. A report reaching London said the Germans there were “doomed and realized it.” Soviet artillery was said. to. be| pounding enemy fortifications to pieces.) A special communique on the Kalinin front fighting said the Germans had been killed and the booty | taken from Feb. 5 to March 8. (Continued on Page Five)

BROUSE QUITS FAIR BOARD U. ©. Brouse, Republican member of the state fair board for the last 25 ‘years,’ today submitted his resignation to Governor Schricker because of ill health. Mr. Brouse is

go back to the 48-hour week,

RMANY MAY STRIKE THIS MO

JFORTY-EIGHT hours at straight time. Enough todos real job. Enough to speed up our production enmore mously. (Donald Nelson says our war industries as a ‘whole i are operating at only 50 per cent of. capacity. As cause of this lag he cites the widespread insistence « extra pay for working on holidays and Sundays.) == Forty-eight hours would hold down the cost to more reasonable levels. It would help stop inflationary price rises which are nibbling at the worker's family budget, France wouldn't give up a 40-hour week till she was beaten. ; : Now while France works 60 and 70 hours for the

Germans she can think back to the days when she wouldn’t work more than 40 hours for herself.

NAZIS MOVING 10 CUT VITAL OCEAN LANES

Peril Russian Supply Line; Japs Lose 13 Ships

Off New Guinea.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor The allies and the axis headed into show-down struggles today for control of the sea approaches to Australia and India and the Atlantic- routes from America to

Britair and Russia.

“The battle for communications

lines raged most fiercely north of

lied - airplanes 13 enemy troop transports and one or two warships blasted by aerial

dispatches from Ausiralia as slowing down, although apparently not halting, the enemy offensive toward Port Moresby and Australia, where

But the conflict extended over a huge area in the southwestern Pacific as well as in the north Atlantic, where Germany apparently was trying to mass the bulk of "her naval power against alllea communication lines. The massing of German naval power off Norway indicated a major attempt to break the allied north Atlantic lines to Russia. Developments included:

A German claim that 823,200 tons of shipping have been sent to the bottom in the attack'by axis submarines on vessels in waters adjacent to the American coasts.

Announcement in London that = the basic gasoline ration for civihans will be abandoned July 1 to conserve shipping space. The move follows other drastic actions to save shipping capacity by restricting civilian supplies.

Deployment of British naval and air forces to meet the threat: of the establishment of a major German naval squadron on (Continued on Page Five)

SUGAR RATIONING OFF UNTIL APRIL Rationing of sugar will begin

Strickland, state rationing administrator, said today. Mr, Strickland and his deputy, William Rightor, attend a re-| gional meeting in | March 21-22 at which final plans for sys-

mayor of Kendallville.

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN , United Press Hollywood Correspendent HOLLYWODD, March 12.--James

Bartram, the man who took one look

at Ruth Chatterton’s necklace and

asked her why she wanted to wear jie whole chandelier, took time out his divorce trial today to tell abous his chess ame with 8 burglar No. more b

and we were thinking

tematic distribution (of: sugar will be discussed. gh

Burglar Fails fo Stop Chess Game So He Sits In Awhile

the chess game, let Bartram ell about it: : “I was chess with my sis-ter-in-law, Ellen Compton (he said)

we had a dollar up. precarious position.

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the on

«8% SALES TAX

early in April rather than late in| . | March, as had been expected, James|

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GEN. ROMMEL 10 LEAD HUGE

WAY DRIVE

Push on Suez, Caucasus And Toward India Is Predicted.

(Today’s war moves, Page 28)

By DANA ADAMS SCHMIDT United Press §taff Correspondent ‘ ANKARA, March 12~Marshal Erwin Rommel, it was believed in

‘Erwin Rommel + . . this neutral vantage point today, is

Marshal believed ready to lead great new “Ides of March” offensive for

Hitler. VI bly timed i al with

Hitler's favorite “ides of March” riod. The offensive, Joma ters - |lieve, may. hon. . scale

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Manufacturers Also Ask Sharp Cut in Non-War Expenditures.

| WASHINGTON, March 12 (U.P). ~The National Association of Manufacturers today proposed:enactment of an 8 per cent general sales tax to ‘raise $4,400,000,000 in war rev enues ‘annually. The proposed sales tax would bei: split into a 4 per cent levy on manufacturers and 4 per cent on retail sales. As an alternative, the NAM suggested levying the full 8| per cent on retail prices.

The recommendation was presented to the house ways and means committee by J. Cheever Cowdin, chairman of the NAM’s government| finance committee. He made three other recomm ons: 1, Cut non government expenditures by $2,000,000,000, 2. Increase individual income tax rates, but not as much as the treasury department proposed. ‘ 3. Increase excess profit levies and surtaxes on corporations “to the limit—taking from industry every last dollar of taxes that can be taken consistent with the tremendous war production program or ‘the government.” \ Mr. Cowdin said the NAM program would yield more than $7. By 000,000 in new revenue’ which, with the proposed economies. would. bring federal income $9,000,000,000 nearer to expenditures.

It was noted, big 1940 offensive

3. The mineral and oll wealth of the Russian Caucasus.

Ground Course: Added to Increase . Forces. WASHINGTON, March 12 (U.P),